Can anyone recommend some good brands of pipe tobacco?

I bought some croakin' frog today, which was decent, but I figure there must be others.

And, the dude at the fair makes some really good damn cyprus pipes.

10/21/2006 12:02:42 AM

"pipes by george" on hboro

bring your pipe and sample to see what you like

10/21/2006 10:56:57 AM

^ and meet George because I think he lives there.

buy a pipe from him too.

10/21/2006 11:28:17 AM

What's it by, I think I may have gone by it?

10/22/2006 1:32:30 AM

Pipes by George is the place. I've been buying from him for 9 years whenever I'm in town.

There are two basic types of pipe tobaccos, Virginia blends and English blends. The former being defined by the prominence of broad leaf "Virginia" type tobaccos and the latter having a tobacco called "Latikia" which back in the day came from Egypt and was burned over burning camel shit. Or so go the lies I've been told.

George has lots of canned blends (Blue Note, and any Virginia by McBaren's are my recommendations) as well as bulk tobacco which is great simply because you can smell it before you buy it.

Coming from campus his store is right off Hillsb., past the IHOP right before the road Y's. Go right like you were going to City Limits and park in the tiny parking lot right there.

And don't ever smoke you pipe in public if you're under 45, it makes you look like a pretentious asshole. Unless you are one, then by all means . . .

10/22/2006 7:19:42 AM

Quote :

"it makes you look like a pretentious asshole. Unless you are one, then by all means . . ."

HAHAHA.

The virginia blend is the one you can age right, or is that the english?

10/22/2006 2:01:44 PM

Ok for the record, they are all correct about pipe tobacco...I used to work at the Tinderbox in Crabtree mall and I have known George for over 15 years

--CAO has outstanding pipe tobacco
-Blue Note
-Black Velvet

--Tinderbox brands that are good
-Wilshire (965)
-Cavendish
-Captain Spice

The most important types of Pipe tobacco and the best quality are going to be Dunhill
-Dunhill makes some of the top pipe tobaccos


If you really want good info read Pipe Magazine
But have fun with it all and enjoy----GO BUY A PIPE FROM GEORGE---Tell him Brad Bowman sent ya and you might get a discount

10/23/2006 11:56:00 AM

I love the smell of pipe tobacco... it reminds me of my grandfather

10/23/2006 6:33:27 PM

Yah, the smell of tobacco is fucking the best

I just bought an ounce of "andy's favorite" and, I can't seem to light it.

10/23/2006 7:39:30 PM

i used to love the smell at my granddads when he had the tobacco curing in the barns

theres nothing like it

10/23/2006 7:41:40 PM

Pipe tobacco smells fantastic!

[Edited on October 23, 2006 at 9:41 PM. Reason : HI!]

10/23/2006 9:40:44 PM

i got some blueberry wackytobacco at the corner. look for the guy with the funny little hat.

10/23/2006 10:36:31 PM

got some "highland whiskey" from George today

smells great, and i'd really like to try it, but it doesn't mix well with beer

10/23/2006 11:10:43 PM

Haha

Yah, whisky doesn't go with beer.

Can anyone give me some lighting tips, I seem to have bought an unburnable pinch.

10/24/2006 12:25:39 AM

not really whiskey...smoking anything kills my tastebuds

may find some info in here: http://www.pbgeorge.com/page101.html

it usually takes me 2-3 lights to get one going

[Edited on October 24, 2006 at 12:29 AM. Reason : ;]

10/24/2006 12:28:45 AM

if you are having lightening problems that probably means one of two things

1) you probably packed the bowl too tightly which means air can't allow for the tobacco to burn properly

2) You probably didn't toast the bowl of tobacco once filled in the pipe....what that means is that you have to lightly burn the top layer of tobacco then tamper it down just a tad. This way when you go to light the bowl to smoke it will create a perfect round cherry.

A tamper is a small medal tool used to pack pipe tobacco and push the cherry of coals down further into the tobacco to get the fresh tobacco at the bottom of the bowl burning

Pipes by Georges Best Tobacco isn't on sale by the way....Ask for his own personal blend in the humidor....Tell him Bradley B sent ya...he will hook you up

10/24/2006 8:47:37 AM

Kramer

10/24/2006 9:27:06 AM

Seriously if anyone needs help let me know

10/24/2006 12:06:41 PM

I've always liked any of the Mclellands blends, but with pipe tobacco, you don't need the expensive stuff. Just keep trying different ones. I've been smoking a pipe for years but I still don't smoke the same type of tobacco regularly. I like to change it up a lot.

10/24/2006 7:07:11 PM

^

Supposedly it is fairly cheap to try different varieties since smoking a pipe for an hour burns less than $1 worth of tobacco.

The pipes are where the majority of the investment seems to be.

10/24/2006 11:34:14 PM

that's true, but you can find a lot of good, inexpensive pipes. you can also get good bulk tobacco for 2 or 3 dollars an ounce and probably less than that.

10/25/2006 6:56:10 AM

J.L. WEase makes some good pipe tobacco.....on cold mornings like this it is absolutey a great feeling to smoke a pipe because it just gets the day going and warms up your entire body. A great thing to do is get Pipes magazine from george and read the taste testing the mag has. That way you know what type of tobacco you aregetting into

10/25/2006 9:05:37 AM

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10/26/2006 8:54:53 AM

So, I heard dripping whisky in the tube of the pipe gets the flavor rolling.

10/26/2006 11:01:07 PM

Not exactly....smoking the pipe on theregular and when done withthe bowl shake the ash up anddown..over time it produces a cake buildup that gives the pipe protection and flavor

10/27/2006 8:57:31 AM